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yup nossy Send a noteboard - 30/06/2010 04:04:35 PM
It even makes me second guess my original thoughts on books when I have discovered them before the hype starts (that does not mean by second thoughts always land on negative, but I become more critical).

Edit: I wouldn't use the word "hype" for the status of classics, though.

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Hype Zeeb - 30/06/2010 09:52:06 AM 615 Views
"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief." Joel - 30/06/2010 12:27:01 PM 426 Views
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Hype usually turns me right off things Camilla - 30/06/2010 01:24:46 PM 403 Views
yup nossy - 30/06/2010 04:04:35 PM 364 Views
yeah wrong word Zeeb - 30/06/2010 05:26:24 PM 413 Views
Just because you love language and are a perfectionist... everynametaken - 01/07/2010 03:00:35 AM 406 Views
As a native English speaker (being actually English) snoopcester - 01/07/2010 11:03:15 AM 374 Views
Agreed. *NM* Rebekah - 01/07/2010 11:08:25 AM 145 Views
Re: As a native English speaker (being actually English) everynametaken - 02/07/2010 12:12:45 AM 366 Views
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She was using it transitively, not intransitively. Tim - 01/07/2010 11:15:47 PM 370 Views
Re: She was using it transitively, not intransitively. everynametaken - 02/07/2010 12:10:59 AM 360 Views
As a native American, the way she used the word seemed completely natural. Joel - 02/07/2010 09:28:27 PM 358 Views
There's irony in this... Larry - 01/07/2010 11:17:43 AM 405 Views
Different understanding of the word hype, I think Camilla - 01/07/2010 12:03:02 PM 380 Views
Way to take me seriously there Larry - 01/07/2010 11:27:40 PM 375 Views
Makes me want not to read it. Rebekah - 30/06/2010 06:22:40 PM 378 Views
Re: Makes me want not to read it. Zeeb - 02/07/2010 04:56:54 PM 426 Views
Classics. Rebekah - 03/07/2010 12:20:21 AM 382 Views
I do find things being over-hyped to be off putting. snoopcester - 01/07/2010 11:09:04 AM 404 Views
Re: I do find things being over-hyped to be off putting. Zeeb - 02/07/2010 04:58:30 PM 432 Views
Kind of depends. Legolas - 01/07/2010 11:36:01 AM 379 Views
Re: Kind of depends. Zeeb - 02/07/2010 04:59:42 PM 424 Views
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